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Mach's principle and the relationGM=Rc 2

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The relationGM=RC 2 is used as a definition ofG, withM andR defined by integrals of the energy-momentum and Einstein curvature tensors over a particular spacelike surface. Modified field equations then do not admit source-free solutions, in agreement with a strong form of Mach's principle.

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    H. C. Corben

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On leave from Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Corben, H.C. Mach's principle and the relationGM=Rc 2 . Found Phys 10, 181–184 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00709023

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